Police & Fire: May 1, 2013

• Cheyenne M. White, 24, of the Sault was picked up Monday at the Mackinac County Jail on the force of a failure to appear warrant. She was conveyed back to the Sault and lodged in the Chippewa County Jail.

• Tanya Brown, 47, of Kincheloe was arrested at a Kinross Township residence Tuesday evening on the force of a Friend of the Court warrant. Brown was booked into the Chippewa County Jail.

Illegal dumping

Sault Police took a pair of illegal dumping complaints on Tuesday, identifying a suspect in one incident and obtaining a description of the suspect vehicles in the second.

The first complaint took place in the 600 block of Eureka where multiple bags of garbage — including two pieces of identification — helped police make quick work of this case. No charges have been filed to date, pending a Friday deadline for the woman to make amends with the original complainant before all of the compiled evidence is forwarded to the prosecuting attorney for review.

The second complaint came from the 600 block of Magazine where a witness observed the occupants of two vehicles team up to abandon a mattress at the end of the road. Police have a good description of one man and his red Chevrolet truck sporting a white tool box and are awaiting positive identification before proceeding with this matter.

Misunderstanding

Sault Police were called to the 1700 block of E. 11th Avenue Tuesday to investigate the apparent theft of various tools, a storage locker and copper wire.

According to reports, permission had been given for a man to remove a number of metal items. But, once on the property, the man began helping himself to anything he wanted. In a follow-up investigation, police discovered a trailer with a flat tire in the 1900 block of E. 10th as he was unloading the removed items.

In the suspect’s version of events, he explained he thought he could take any metal item and expressed a willingness to return anything that was wanted.

Officers expressed the belief that this was a civil matter but typed up a report to forward to the prosecutor for review.